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3. Identified the patterns of noun phrase with post-noun modification
When the theories have been determined and comprehended, it is time to identify the patterns of noun phrase with post-noun modification from three
speech transcripts. The transcripts were taken from the official website of Minister of Foreign Affairs. From these existed transcriptions, the researcher was not afraid
of having some misunderstanding of the minimum requirements employed in the speeches. It eased the researcher in collecting the accurate data. Thus, the data
were grouped either in table 3.1 or 3.2. The tables were conducted based on the related theories summarized by the researcher.
4. Analyzing the patterns of post-noun modification by employing Table 3.1
and Table 3.2
In order to gain the answer of the problem, table 3.1 was conducted as a media to collect and analyze the noun phrase with post-noun modification.
Through this table, the researcher enabled to identify the patterns of noun phrase which is modified by those each sub-pattern of post-noun modification. To
identify the specific patterns of noun phrase with post-noun modifications, the researcher separated the analysis based on the nominal slot described by Kolln
Funk [2012] 1990. Kolln Funk separated the patterns of post-noun modification into three slots nominal which are prepositional phrases, participle
phrases, and relative clauses 2012, p.135. The distribution of that analysis was summarized in table 3.2 where the proportion of the common post-noun
modification can be indicated. The result of the finding would be described in
50 narration with words by analyzing the process of conducting the noun phrase with
post-noun modification.
5. Drawing conclusions of the study
Drawing conclusions of the results is the final steps of this study. The conclusion showed the common patterns of noun phrase with post-noun
modification used by Marty Natalegawa. Besides, this study may be used as a reference to conduct a complex phrase in which noun phrase is commonly
included in each phrase of a sentence.